Remember that tingling sensation running rampant in the city this time last year? No, not that one. It was the anticipation of Washington getting an honest-to-goodness A-list power couple. Well, those halcyon days are officially over with the news that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt won’t be moving to town any time soon.

Washingtonians dying to bump into Brangelina in the baby formula aisle of Whole Foods will have to look about 1,000 miles southwest. US Weekly has confirmed that the couple and their three children have set up house in New Orleans.

It was just last February that D.C.’s rumor mill worked itself into a frenzy when Pitt and Jolie appeared to be house-hunting in Kalorama. So how did these genetically perfect specimens slip through our fingers? The magazine says the couple wants to “raise awareness for the region” and mingle with locals. What about raising national awareness that people other politicos and panda enthusiasts actually choose to live in Washington? What about standing up for democracy by becoming the most prominent proponents of statehood for D.C.? And more importantly, what about our need to stalk someone other than the Bush twins or Tucker Carlson? You’ve won this time, New Orleans. We guess you deserve some good news. But if TomKat shares so much of an errant engram about buying in D.C., watch your back.

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